Star Conflict similar games & best alternatives

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Star Conflict

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2013

Should you play it?

Star Conflict is an action-packed, massively multiplayer space simulation game that puts players in the role of elite pilots engaging in a widespread interplanetary skirmish. The whole world for PVP and PVE!

What works

  • Free to play
  • Extensive ship customization
  • Engaging pvp and pve modes
  • Good graphics and optimization
  • Active developer support

Things to keep in mind

  • Grind can be excessive
  • Long matchmaking times
  • Small player base in some regions
  • Complex progression system
  • Pay-to-win perceptions by some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Space Pirates And Zombies 2

  • Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition

  • Age of Wonders: Planetfall

  • Wildgate

  • Executive Assault 2

  • Anarchy Online

Less competitive

Games that feels like Star Conflict but with less competition against others

  • Jump Space

  • Starpoint Gemini Warlords

  • X4: Foundations

  • Void Crew

  • No Man's Sky

  • Warframe

Less dominating

Games that feels like Star Conflict but with less domination over others

  • Guns of Icarus Alliance

  • Guns of Icarus Online

  • Star Trek Online

  • SUPERVIVE

  • Borderlands 2

  • HELLDIVERS™ Dive Harder Edition

Less intimate

Games that feels like Star Conflict but with less focus on close relationships

  • Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2

  • Sins of a Solar Empire II

  • Avorion

  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

  • Homeworld Remastered Collection

  • Crossout

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Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Star Conflict. These titles are not in What to play next.

Star Conflict: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026